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FILTER RESULTS ►Thoughts for Earth Day 2013: There is a price to pay
Andrew Alden at About Geology notes today that he hosted an Accretionary Wedge on Earth Day in 2008. I had only been blogging a few months at the time, but I contributed, and in reading over my post from back then, I see that things haven't changed all that much. Show More Summary
Accretionary Wedge #56: Because Every Picture of the Earth Tells a Great Story
Andrew Alden at About Geology is hosting this month's Accretionary Wedge, and the topic is landscape topography through the eyes of a geologist: Once upon a time, you took a picture of something that lots of people photograph. However, because you are a geologist, it didn’t turn out the way it does for most people. Show More Summary
Accretionary Wedge #56: Landscapes as seen by a Geologist
Accretionary Wedge #56 is all about geologists and photographs, as explained by Andrew Alden, our host:
Once upon a time, you took a picture of something that lots of people photograph. However, because you are a geologist, it didn’t turn out the way it does for most people. Show More Summary
Accretionary Wedge #56: The Geologist as Photographer
John Keats famously wrote, about an antique artwork, that "beauty is truth, truth beauty," and readers ever since have pondered exactly how that makes sense. When geologists photograph their objects of interest, I think I can say fairly, they fall on the side of truth. Show More Summary
Accretionary Wedge #55: Blood on the Rocks, and Bad Karma on the Plateau
This month's Accretionary Wedge is hosted by Maitri at her Vatulblog, and it concerns our injuries incurred in the field: "Show me your injuries!... You don’t have to be a geologist to play; simply having been injured by a rock or while doing something geological is sufficient. Show More Summary
The Day I Watched California Shaking
Ron Schott, an excellent member of the online geology community, challenged his cohort for Accretionary Wedge #41 to "relate the story of the most memorable or significant geological event that you've directly experienced."... Read Full Post
Geopoetry: Accretionary Wedge #51
It's already almost the deadline for the Accretionary Wedge #51. Where does the time go? This month's wedge is hosted by Matt Herod at Geosphere, and the topic of the month is geology and poetry. Specifically: "In this wedge I encourage people to wax poetic about anything geological they would like, in any poetic style. Show More Summary
Accretionary Wedge 50: Bad Karma or the Giant Spaghetti Monster? Microburst at Grand Tetons
Evelyn Mervine at Georneys is the host of this month's Accretionary Wedge, and the topic is a delightful one: Share a fun moment from geology field camp or a geology field trip. You can share a story, a picture, a song, a slogan, a page...Show More Summary
Accretionary Wedge #50: The Fire at Field Camp
I had been thinking about doing a repost for this wedge—Accretionary Wedge #50: Field Camp/Trip Moments, being hosted by Evelyn Mervine over at Georneys—but realizing that the wedge is supposed to be about one fun moment, song, etc, put me into a tiny bit of a quandary For me, field camp was a long, long time ago. Show More Summary
Accretionary Wedge #49: It's just out of this world! Hollywood and the Cosmos
It's time for an Accretionary Wedge! Specifically Wedge #49, hosted by Dana at En Tequila es Verdad. The topic is essentially anything exogeologic, that is, beyond the confines of planet Earth. I'm taking the broadly interpreted topic...Show More Summary
Accretionary Wedge #36: How does life affect geology? Surviving on the Colorado Plateau
There was a day this home was abandoned. There was a day that something happened, a decision was made. Were they under attack? Did people die? Or was it a moment that a family knew the crops had failed, and there would be no food that...Show More Summary
Wedge #45: Geological Pilgrimage
Having been provoked by a recent online coversation, I've decided to take a quick moment to post a (late) addition to this month's Accretionary Wedge topic, a geological pilgrimage to "a single place, which is 'geologically' unique,Show More Summary
When Life Got Complicated: the Burgess Shale (Accretionary Wedge #45)
Life as a Geologist is our host for Accretionary Wedge Carnival #45. And what a great topic:"Geological Pilgrimage – the sacred geological place that you must visit at least once in your lifetime....a single place, which is “geologically” unique, relatively remote, and requires some difficulty to get to. Show More Summary
A geological pilgrimage to the Late Cretaceous
This month’s Accretionary Wedge asked participants to discuss a place they would go (or did go) for a geological pilgrimage: I would like to define the pilgrimage as a single place, which is “geologically” unique, relatively remote, and requires some difficulty to get to. If you have already done your geological pilgrimage, please share with [...]
AW 43, your favorite geology illustrations
In the Company of Plants and Rocks is hosting this month's Accretionary Wedge and it is all about geologic illustrations. All types of geological illustrations qualify -- drawings, paintings, maps, charts, graphs, cross-sections, diagrams, etc., but not photographs. Show More Summary
Accretionary Wedge #42 : Countertop Geology
On a brief parole from grading gaol … Ian Saginor over at Volcanoclast is hosting this month’s accretionary wedge on the topic of countertop geology. As with many wedges, the geoblogosphere has largely decided to ignore, well at least modify, the brief (probably because we mostly have laminate counter tops). Fortunately, Ian has kindly expanded [...]
Accretionary Wedge #42 "Countertop" Geology and the rock outcrops in downtown Venice
This month's Accretionary Wedge is hosted by Volcanoclast and asks of us the following:Have you seen a great countertop out there? Sure, everyone says it’s “granite”, but you know better. Take a picture, post it on your own blog or send it to me and I’ll post it for you. Show More Summary
Witnessing the Birth of Sediment
Ron Schott is hosting the latest installment of the geoscience blog carnival, the Accretionary Wedge, and asked participants to write about a geological event or process they observed as it was happening:
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to relate the story of the most memorable or significant geological event that you’ve directly [...]
Accretionary Wedge #41: One Small Event from Hawai‘i's East Rift Zone
This month's Accretionary Wedge, being hosted by Ron Schott at his Geology Home Companion Blog, is all about the Most Memorable/ Significant Geologic Event That You’ve Directly Experienced. For myself, it often seems as though I'm on the spot shortly after significant events, rather than during them, which isn't entirely a bad thing. Show More Summary
The Day I Watched California Shaking
Ron Schott, an excellent (job-seeking) member of the online geology community, challenged his cohort for Accretionary Wedge #41 to "relate the story of the most memorable or significant geological event that you've directly experienced."... Read Full Post
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